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submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

This will make for interesting primary source material in a 2075 history book

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I mean, seems like a textbook example of satire.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago

The original comic was created to illustrated the absurdity of misusing^1^ the word "literally." Then, conservatives captioned it and shared it unironically as an anti-LGBTQ+ meme. Then, a third group understandably found the conservatives' version laughable, and it's been mostly shared ironically ever since.

^1^I don't necessarily agree with the post. It's okay to use "literally" just for emphasis, in my opinion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

They should have put the /s